News of someone like General Long Yi's death made the Higher Plane extremely cautious about this invasion. After deliberation, they directly treated the eastern border's invasion point as a sacrifice to test the invaders' overall strength and troop numbers, gathering intelligence on every invader's abilities while assessing the risks of this invasion.
Yet the white-haired young man who had appeared on the screen at some unknown point made several of the strongest Venerables feel a faint sense of unease and pressure even through the video feed. They could not imagine what it would feel like to face this white-haired youth of unknown origin in person.
The Higher Plane's central authorities chose to watch and wait. During the period of local border invasions, they recalled all elite troops from the surrounding nations to the United Nations district.
What they did not know was that this mysterious white-haired youth had no interest in the Higher Plane at all.
Inside the border fortress, all the demonized blood staining the city gradually vanished as the demonic nature within Gu Chen receded. In his final release state, Gu Chen's hands were once again shackled, and he returned to normal with his own consciousness as the dominant force.
"Zhang Chen! This is..."
Gu Chen's faded eyes swept over the many corpses around him, drained dry of blood by his own hand. He slowly recalled the bloody, hazy scenes of slaughter from before. There was no remorse in him. Gu Chen did not care whether these Higher Plane people lived or died; he only hated Yu Ming, the one who had destroyed Ling.
"Gu Chen, go rest in my world for now. Leave the rest to me. You have already done well enough."
When Zhang Chen placed a hand on Gu Chen's shoulder, Gu Chen, who controlled